What are some great words that you have seen in writing but have never heard anyone say?
Milquetoast is one for me.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 30, 2020 7:21 PM |
"Present hole." We type it all the time on here, but I can only imagine the flabbergasted look on someone's face if it was said in polite society.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 29, 2020 1:33 PM |
I was surprised to hear someone pronounce tumult as "toomult." I'd been saying "TUH-moolt." I prefer my way but I looked it up and I'm wrong.
Never heard anyone say eleemosynary out loud.
I've heard and said most of the ones on this thread so far.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 29, 2020 2:22 PM |
"Viz"
I had to add the quotation marks to meet DL's 4 character minimum.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 29, 2020 3:05 PM |
R11, you can tap the space bar for that.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 29, 2020 3:38 PM |
Marginal Propensity to Consume...my all-time favorite phrase.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 29, 2020 4:00 PM |
I didn’t hear the phrase “no worries” until I was in college.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 29, 2020 5:09 PM |
Jolie laide
I've only heard the word 'soignee' sang in 'On the Twentieth Century'
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 29, 2020 5:55 PM |
Gruntled. It's a real word but you only hear it in the word disgruntled.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 29, 2020 7:53 PM |
Temblor. Used only in news reports. Quaff. Only in print media. I was about to quaff my beer when the temblor hit.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 29, 2020 8:22 PM |
Cockwomble and dotard. Perfect descriptions of tRump, though.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 29, 2020 8:28 PM |
“Yeah man, her pussy tasted great”.
Said by me, never.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 29, 2020 8:32 PM |
Buttle. Its what a butler does. Really
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 30, 2020 4:42 AM |
